The Secretary granted my request to continue to operate two carrier strike groups in the region, which is the first period of extended dual U.S. carrier operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility since April 2012. pic.twitter.com/o8sT0ehiN6— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2020
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Arabian Sea Jan. 31, 2020 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Swofford
Business Insider: The US is wielding 2 aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in years as a warning to Iran
* The US military is currently dual wielding two aircraft carriers in the US Central Command area of responsibility, CENTCOM commander Gen. Frank McKenzie said Friday.
* "The carriers are very important to us, and we know the Iranians watch them very closely too," he explained.
* The decision to position two carriers in the Middle East for extended operations, something that hasn't happened since 2012, comes amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran-backed proxy forces.
The US military has two aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, marking the first extended dual use of carriers in the region in years, a US combatant commander said in a statement Friday.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command said that he "would caution Iran and its proxies from attempting a response that would endanger US and coalition forces or our partners."
He stressed that his command is "well postured to defend our forces around the region and to respond to any further aggression against our forces," noting that the secretary of defense has given him two aircraft carriers to support CENTCOM missions.
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Update: Two US Aircraft Carriers to Continue Operating in Middle East Amid Escalation With Iran - Pentagon (Spuntik)
WNU Editor: The US is sending the message to everyone in the Middle East that now is not the time to mess around with them.
4 comments:
This is incredibly heard on the personnel, budget, logistics, and scheduling. Carriers are scheduled 5 years out.
If they believed that we always meant business except meaning business every other 4 years, we would not have to do this.
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